Stocks closed Friday with steep losses after a morning rally reversed into a nosedive to finish Wall Street’s worst week since the depths of the Great Recession.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 913 points by the end of Friday trading, falling 4.6 percent after briefly gaining earlier in the day. The S&P 500 plummeted 4.3 percent and the Nasdaq fell by 3.8 percent.
Friday’s losses capped the worst week for stocks since October 2008, according to CNBC, as the global economy falls deeper into an almost certain recession driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
Stocks rose Friday morning after notching meager gains Thursday amid a flurry of central bank actions to bolster the economy and stabilize volatile markets. The release of a $1 trillion economic rescue plan by Senate Republicans also helped fuel gains in overnight futures trading.
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JUST IN: The Dow Jones Industrial Average sunk 913 points by the end of Friday trading, falling 4.6 percent after briefly gaining earlier in the day. The S&P 500 dropped by 4.3 percent and the Nasdaq fell by 3.8 percent. https://t.co/kB2qkL7MjJ
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